Black n' Blue

We are living in turbulent times. If you turn on the news there has been a great deal of injustice towards minorities, African Americans in particular, from police officers who swore to protect us. The tragic death of Tamir Rice, a 12 year old boy who was shot for holding a toy gun, was seen and heard about all over the world and yet nothing was properly done about the injustice. Time and time again, no suspensions, no legal justice, most of the time not even fired. The onslaught continues on a yearly basis, with too many faces appearing on the news night after night.
I didn't just read “Black N Blue”... I devoured a script about what can be shown on screen to spark a conversation about race and violence within the communities we live in. The real interest piece that this journey is following a white male who is tired of the racial injustice towards people in his community. I had a battle within myself on how to tell the story due to the male lead being Caucasian (I didn’t want him to come off as a typical Hollywood savior) but I believe the ethnicity fades behind this very real community issue. Our film starts there, as beginning to a conversation that wrong is wrong, and we all have to lend our voice to speak out against injustice. So we began to make this film "for the people, by the people."
The cast and crew understood the vision I wanted to create and what I needed to deliver to make the film really work. Once you are provided with so many talented and hardworking people it makes the journey less difficult to travel.
The collaboration between Executive Producers B. Todd Johnston and Jim Thalman as well as with our team was all motivated by a single purpose to create a film that would resonate among audiences and call out racial injustice, police brutality, and senseless violence. I’m proud to say I believe we have accomplished just that. What we really want to ask at the end of the day is “Who Protects Us”?